Administrative Procurement Branch, Environmental Protection Agency, Fairchild Building -- 7th Floor, 499 S. Capital Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20024

R -- SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DIVISION (SHEMD) TECHNICAL AND ADVISORY SUPPORT SOL PR-HQ-97-11372 POC Stephanie Rainey, C.O., 202-260-8508; Tom Valentino, C.S., 202-260-1252 WEB: SHEMD Technical and Advisory Support, http://www.epa.gov/oam. E-MAIL: click here to contact the Contracting Officer via e-mail, rainey.stephanie@epamail.epa.gov. The EPA's Office of Administration and Resources Management (OARM), Safety, Health and Environmental Management Division (SHEMD), is soliciting contract technical and advisory support for SHEMD's national programs. Contractor support may include planning, development, implementation, management and administrative assistance to safety, health and environmental management officials at EPA facilities nationwide; conducting inspections, audits, and accident investigations; providing health, safety, and environmental management assistance to EPA laboratories; preparing or reviewing site-safety plans; providing guidance for personal protective or other safety equipment purchases; and serving as advisor to safety, health and environmental management committee or panels. This procurement will be openly competed among all interested offerors. A fixed rate, Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ)contract with multiple awards is planned, with a twelve month base period and four twelve month option periods. An estimated minimum of 1,000 hours, up to an estimated maximum of 50,000 hours, will be required for each period of performance. Contractors will be selected based on their demonstrated technical and managerial expertise in the field of safety, health and environmental management, including pollution prevention; their knowledge of existing statutes and Executive Orders as well as current professional practices in the safety, health and environmental management arena, and the technical and educational background of the proposed key personnel. The purpose of this CBD announcement is to notify potential offerors of EPA's requirement, generate the source list, and to direct interested parties to the EPA's "Doing Business with EPA" Internet World Wide Web site for further information on this procurement as it becomes available. The solicitation, amendments and other related items for this procurement will be posted on this Web site and can be downloaded. Interested parties must forward requests to be placed on the source list either via Internet E-mail to the address below, via facsimile to (202) 260-1929, or to the following mailing address: U.S. EPA, 401 M St. SW, Headquarters Procurement Operations Division, Administrative Contract Service Center (3803F), Washington, DC 20460-0001, ATTN: Stephanie Rainey or Tom Valentino. If Internet capability is unavailable, interested parties must submit written verification (explicitly stating "no Internet capability") via regular mail, E-mail or facsimile to Ms. Rainey or Mr. Valentino so that hard copies of these documents may be provided. Telephone requests for the solicitation will not be honored. (0162)

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